Home brewer: Olav Sverre Gausemel

Olav Sverre Gausemel serving his kornøl at the festival in 2016.

Olav Sverre Gausemel comes from Hornindal, where he lives right next to the family farm, Gausemel, not far from the festival hall. He learned to brew kornøl from his father in 1976, at the age of 16. The first time he brewed he even had to make malts himself, because buying malts was forbidden at that time in Norway. He’s been brewing ever since.

He is the origin of kveik #18 Gausemel , and actually also in a way #5 Hornindal , because Terje Raftevold got kveik and training from Olav Sverre when he started brewing.

Olav Sverre will be serving traditional Hornindal-style kornøl, unboiled, with kveik and juniper.